Category Archives: Around the Corner
Giant’s Shoulders #22
Giant’s Shoulders #22 is up at The Lay Scientist with, as usual, a good crop of history of science in the intertubes.
Filed under Around the Corner, History of science
Congratulations and Celebrations
The estimable Michael Robinson proprietor of the always excellent Time to Eat the Dogs has reached the milestone of 100 000 visitor hits on his expedition through the blogatronic-hyper-sphere. If you don’t already read his wonderfully informative and highly entertaining … Continue reading
Filed under Around the Corner, Odds and Ends
Information doesn’t equal Meaning
Mark Chu-Carroll of Good Math, Bad Math has a very clear, readable, meaningful and above all informative introduction to some elementary aspects of Kolmagorov-Chaitin Information Theory. He deals in particular with the difference between information and meaning. Given the confusion … Continue reading
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Mapping Africa
At Time to Eat the Dogs the always excellent Michael Robinson (and if you don’t already regularly read him you should) has a stimulating review of a fascinationg online exhibition, from Princeton University, of the historical development of the European … Continue reading
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Dark What?
Having been nasty to Ethan at Starts with a Bang recently I’m happy to report that I can be nice to him today. He has started a series on the nature of dark matter and why he and most other … Continue reading
Filed under Around the Corner, astrophysics, Odds and Ends
Around the Corner of the Intertubes where I hang out. II
John Wilkins has already drawn attention to this but I will do so again, Will Thomas at Ether Wave Propaganda has a really excellent review of the book Objectivity by Galison & Daston. In particular I think his discussion of … Continue reading
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Around the Corner of the Intertubes where I hang out.
Darwin’s Bulldog is snapping at the heels of all the historians of science to get them to contribute to Shoulder’s of Giants #14 which he is hosting at the Dispersal of Darwin. Chad Orzel at Uncertain Principles has had an … Continue reading
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